Karate at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games

Karate at the 2025 Junior American Games
Venue	Olympic Training Centre
Start date	August 21, 2025 (2025-08-21)
End date	August 23, 2025 (2025-08-23)
No. of events	10
Competitors	80
«2021 Cali-Valle 2029»

The karate events at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games were held at the Olympic Training Centre, located in the Olympic Park in Luque, in the Greater Asuncion area. ^[1] The events were contested between August 21 and 23, 2025. ^[2]

Ten events were contested, five for men and five for women. The winner of each event qualified for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. ^[3]

Qualification

A total of 80 athletes qualified for the events (40 men and 40 women). Eigth athletes qualified for each weight category. Qualification was based on the results from the 2024 Pan American Championship Qualifier, held at São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. ^[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Venezuela	2	3	0	5
2	Brazil	1	3	3	7
3	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
	Nicaragua	1	1	0	2
5	Argentina	1	0	3	4
	United States	1	0	3	4
7	Mexico	1	0	2	3
8	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
10	Peru	0	1	1	2
	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
12	Bolivia	0	0	3	3
	Colombia	0	0	3	3
14	Chile	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		10	10	20	40

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–60 kg details	Juan Gallardo   Argentina	Sebastián Chirinos   Venezuela	Hermes Moreno   Peru
			Jean Dorta   United States
–67 kg details	Evangelos Akde   United States	Anderson Cano   Nicaragua	Bruno Ayphassorho   Uruguay
			Vladimir Milazzo   Argentina
–75 kg details	Jesús Castro   Venezuela	Lucas Menezes   Brazil	Hayato Yoshii   Mexico
			Luka Salesky   Argentina
–84 kg details	Andrey Nazário   Brazil	Tomas Dotta   Uruguay	Sebastian Becerra   Bolivia
			Kristian Taneski   United States
+84 kg details	Joaquin Sanchez   Venezuela	Cesar Vallejo   Ecuador	Nicolás Gamboa   Colombia
			Ademilton Nogueira   Brazil

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–50 kg details	Joysi Tinoco   Nicaragua	Ana Vasquez   Venezuela	Melani Unzueta   Bolivia
			Angélica Ospina   Colombia
–55 kg details	Maria Ouyahia   Canada	Sofia Del Pilar Gómez   Peru	Sol Sandoval   Bolivia
			Leticia Kato   Brazil
–61 kg details	Ana Herrera   Mexico	Maria Isabel Alvites   Brazil	Ana Gómez   Colombia
			Micaela Pacheco   Argentina
–68 kg details	Elysia Hernandez   Puerto Rico	Marena Juncosa   Venezuela	Ana Muñoz   Mexico
			Roberta Lopes   Brazil
+68 kg details	Jahaira Manrique   Ecuador	Barbara Amaral   Brazil	Destiny Jennings   United States
			Franchesca Muñoz   Chile

Results

Men's kumite

60 kg

Date: August 23 ^[4]

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Hermes Moreno  (PER)	0
	Sebastián Chirinos  (VEN)	4
					Sebastián Chirinos  (VEN)	0
					Juan Gallardo  (ARG)	1
	Jean Dorta  (USA)	1
	Juan Gallardo  (ARG)	2

67 kg

Date: August 22 ^[5]

Pool stage

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Evangelos Akde  (USA)	3	3	0	0	9	23–9
2	Vladimir Milazzo  (ARG)	3	2	0	1	6	17–4
3	Diego Chacón  (GUA)	3	1	0	2	3	17–21
4	Enzo Lopez  (PAR)	3	0	0	3	0	0–23

	Score
Evangelos Akde  (USA)	12–8	Diego Chacón  (GUA)
Vladimir Milazzo  (ARG)	7–0	Enzo Lopez  (PAR)
Evangelos Akde  (USA)	2–1	Vladimir Milazzo  (ARG)
Diego Chacón  (GUA)	7–0	Enzo Lopez  (PAR)
Evangelos Akde  (USA)	9–0	Enzo Lopez  (PAR)
Vladimir Milazzo  (ARG)	9–2	Diego Chacón  (GUA)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Anderson Cano  (NCA)	3	2	0	1	6	21–9
2	Bruno Ayphassorho  (URU)	3	2	0	1	6	11–11
3	Fernando Villegas  (PER)	3	1	0	2	3	10–21
4	Maximiliano Jara  (CHI)	3	1	0	2	3	21–22

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Evangelos Akde  (USA)	0
	Bruno Ayphassorho  (URU)	0
					Evangelos Akde  (USA)	10
					Anderson Cano  (NCA)	3
	Vladimir Milazzo  (ARG)	3
	Anderson Cano  (NCA)	4

75 kg

Date: August 22 ^[6]

Pool stage

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Jesús Castro  (VEN)	3	3	0	0	9	9–2
2	Lucas Menezes  (BRA)	3	2	0	1	6	8–1
3	Lê Vinh Bricteux  (CAN)	3	1	0	2	3	6–7
4	José Gómez  (COL)	3	0	0	3	0	3–16

	Score
José Gómez  (COL)	0–5	Lucas Menezes  (BRA)
Jesús Castro  (VEN)	2–1	Lê Vinh Bricteux  (CAN)
José Gómez  (COL)	1–7	Jesús Castro  (VEN)
Lucas Menezes  (BRA)	3–1	Lê Vinh Bricteux  (CAN)
José Gómez  (COL)	2–4	Lê Vinh Bricteux  (CAN)
Jesús Castro  (VEN)	0–0	Lucas Menezes  (BRA)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Luka Salesky  (ARG)	3	2	0	1	6	8–5
2	Hayato Yoshii  (MEX)	3	2	0	1	6	11–4
3	Dieter Rinck  (PAR)	3	1	0	2	3	5–12
4	Keanu Feliz  (DOM)	3	1	0	2	3	4–7

	Score
Hayato Yoshii  (MEX)	1–0	Keanu Feliz  (DOM)
Dieter Rinck  (PAR)	1–2	Luka Salesky  (ARG)
Hayato Yoshii  (MEX)	8–0	Dieter Rinck  (PAR)
Keanu Feliz  (DOM)	2–2	Luka Salesky  (ARG)
Hayato Yoshii  (MEX)	2–4	Luka Salesky  (ARG)
Dieter Rinck  (PAR)	4–2	Keanu Feliz  (DOM)

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Jesús Castro  (VEN)	9
	Hayato Yoshii  (MEX)	3
					Jesús Castro  (VEN)	3
					Lucas Menezes  (BRA)	2
	Lucas Menezes  (BRA)	2
	Luka Salesky  (ARG)	1

84 kg

Date: August 21 ^[7]

Pool stage

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Andrey Nazário  (BRA)	2	2	0	0	6	12–3
2	Kristian Taneski  (USA)	2	1	0	1	3	7–3
3	Jesús Garcia  (MEX)	2	0	0	2	0	1–14

	Score
Jesús Garcia  (MEX)	1–9	Andrey Nazário  (BRA)
Jesús Garcia  (MEX)	0–5	Kristian Taneski  (USA)
Kristian Taneski  (USA)	2–3	Andrey Nazário  (BRA)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Tomas Dotta  (URU)	2	2	0	0	6	9–3
2	Sebastian Becerra  (BOL)	2	1	0	1	3	9–9
3	Louis-Félix Deschamps  (CAN)	2	0	0	2	0	4–10

	Score
Tomas Dotta  (URU)	6–2	Sebastian Becerra  (BOL)
Tomas Dotta  (URU)	3–1	Louis-Félix Deschamps  (CAN)
Louis-Félix Deschamps  (CAN)	3–7	Sebastian Becerra  (BOL)

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Andrey Nazário  (BRA)	6
	Sebastian Becerra  (BOL)	2
					Andrey Nazário  (BRA)	8
					Tomas Dotta  (URU)	0
	Kristian Taneski  (USA)	2
	Tomas Dotta  (URU)	3

+84 kg

Date: August 21 ^[8]

Pool stage

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	3	2	0	1	6	19–6
2	Ademilton Nogueira  (BRA)	3	2	0	1	6	15–19
3	Alberto Velasco  (MEX)	3	2	0	1	6	13–10
4	Jared White  (USA)	3	0	0	3	0	5–15

	Score
Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	3–4	Alberto Velasco  (MEX)
Ademilton Nogueira  (BRA)	10–10	Jared White  (USA)
Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	6–2	Ademilton Nogueira  (BRA)
Alberto Velasco  (MEX)	6–4	Jared White  (USA)
Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	10–0	Jared White  (USA)
Ademilton Nogueira  (BRA)	3–3	Alberto Velasco  (MEX)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	3	3	0	0	9	13–3
2	Nicolás Gamboa  (COL)	3	2	0	1	6	11–3
3	Gael Muñoz  (BOL)	3	1	0	2	3	7–10
4	Sebastián Rojas  (CHI)	3	0	0	3	0	2–17

	Score
Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	3–3	Gael Muñoz  (BOL)
Sebastián Rojas  (CHI)	1–5	Nicolás Gamboa  (COL)
Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	8–0	Sebastián Rojas  (CHI)
Gael Muñoz  (BOL)	0–6	Nicolás Gamboa  (COL)
Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	2–0	Nicolás Gamboa  (COL)
Sebastián Rojas  (CHI)	1–4	Gael Muñoz  (BOL)

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	2
	Nicolás Gamboa  (COL)	1
					Joaquin Sanchez  (VEN)	3
					Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	2
	Ademilton Nogueira  (BRA)	3
	Cesar Vallejo  (ECU)	3

Women's kumite

50 kg

Date: August 23 ^[9]

Pool stage

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Melani Unzueta  (BOL)	2	2	0	0	6	5–2
2	Ana Vasquez  (VEN)	2	1	0	1	3	7–4
3	Sofia Madero  (ARG)	2	0	0	2	0	3–9

	Score
Sofia Madero  (ARG)	1–3	Melani Unzueta  (BOL)
Sofia Madero  (ARG)	2–6	Ana Vasquez  (VEN)
Ana Vasquez  (VEN)	1–2	Melani Unzueta  (BOL)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	T	L	Pts.	Score
1	Angélica Ospina  (COL)	3	2	0	1	6	18–14
2	Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	3	2	0	1	6	8–4
3	Azumi Sánchez  (PER)	3	1	0	2	3	9–12
4	Emilia Salinas  (MEX)	3	1	0	2	3	12–17

	Score
Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	2–0	Azumi Sánchez  (PER)
Emilia Salinas  (MEX)	9–7	Angélica Ospina  (COL)
Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	5–1	Emilia Salinas  (MEX)
Azumi Sánchez  (PER)	4–8	Angélica Ospina  (COL)
Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	1–3	Angélica Ospina  (COL)
Emilia Salinas  (MEX)	2–5	Azumi Sánchez  (PER)

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Melani Unzueta  (BOL)	3
	Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	6
					Joysi Tinoco  (NCA)	2
					Ana Vasquez  (VEN)	1
	Ana Vasquez  (VEN)	3
	Angélica Ospina  (COL)	2

55 kg

Date: August 22 ^[10]

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Leticia Kato  (BRA)	1
	Sofia Del Pilar Gómez  (PER)	6
					Sofia Del Pilar Gómez  (PER)	5
					Maria Ouyahia  (CAN)	5
	Sol Sandoval  (BOL)	0
	Maria Ouyahia  (CAN)	0

61 kg

Date: August 22 ^[11]

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Ana Herrera  (MEX)	9
	Ana Gómez  (COL)	7
					Ana Herrera  (MEX)	6
					Maria Isabel Alvites  (BRA)	1
	Micaela Pacheco  (ARG)	0
	Maria Isabel Alvites  (BRA)	5

68 kg

Date: August 21 ^[12]

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Elysia Hernandez  (PUR)	9
	Ana Muñoz  (MEX)	1
					Elysia Hernandez  (PUR)	6
					Marena Juncosa  (VEN)	2
	Roberta Lopes  (BRA)	1
	Marena Juncosa  (VEN)	5

+68 kg

Date: August 21 ^[13]

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Jahaira Manrique  (ECU)	8
	Destiny Jennings  (USA)	4
					Jahaira Manrique  (ECU)	1
					Barbara Amaral  (BRA)	0
	Franchesca Muñoz  (CHI)	2
	Barbara Amaral  (BRA)	3

References

1. "Venues". www.results.asuncion2025.org/. Asunción, Paraguay: Asunción Organizing Committee for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
2. Picazo, Raúl Daffunchio (17 December 2024). "Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games schedule confirmed". www.insidethegames.biz/. ITG Media DMCC. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
3. "Manual Qualification Systems" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
4. "Men's 60 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2025.
5. "Men's 67 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2025.
6. "Men's 75 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2025.
7. "Men's 84 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
8. "Men's +84 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
9. "Women's 50 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2025.
10. "Women's 55 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2025.
11. "Women's 61 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2025.
12. "Women's 68 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
13. "Women's +68 kg - Results" (PDF). Retrieved August 21, 2025.